Absolute Poker

After Lil Mac and I parted ways (in poker), I was thoroughly convinced that I would never again play online poker. Later that day, however, Gus informed me that the site Party Poker does not hand out bad beats as often as Poker Stars (who I was convinced cheated good players). Therefore, I opened a Party Poker account and deposited 40 dollars.

After pissing this money away, I was somewhat convinced that I would never again play online poker unless introduced to a site that didn't cheat its good players. Therefore, I was quite please when, later that day, Gus informed me that Absolute Poker did not cheat its players. So, I opened an Absolute Poker account (which I still use from time to time) and deposited 50 dollars. I played SNG's and had moderate success. Gus and I played together much in the same was as Lil Mac and me. It wasn't official, though. We didn't keep spiral notebooks or Excel spreadsheets or anything like Lil Mac and I did. In fact, I think I actually kept all the winnings myself. We were a good team and profited nicely. One difference in this business was that Gus often convinced me to play large tournaments with small buy-ins. The first time we ever played a large multi-table tournament, we came in eighth place out of several hundred and won like 100 bucks. I thought this was pretty cool and exciting but never really trusted the large tournaments as a good source of income. You just never know when you're going to win. I still play a few of these a week just for fun and finish in the money fairly consistently.

After having success at this site, I let Lil Mac know that it was a legitimate site that didn't cheat its players. He opened his own account and has had great success ever since.

Anyway, Gus graduated from college the spring of my junior year. He called me later that summer while in Las Vegas. He entered a 10-player, $40 satellite for a $400-buy-in tournament out there. He won the satellite and placed in the big tournament. He said he won 20-something thousand dollars. I never heard from him again.